IFN vs. OXLC, USA, NUV, GAB, RVT, STEW, BCAT, CET, GSBD, and MFIC
Should you be buying India Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of India Fund include Oxford Lane Capital (OXLC), Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (USA), Nuveen Municipal Value Fund (NUV), Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB), Royce Small-Cap Trust (RVT), SRH Total Return Fund (STEW), BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust (BCAT), Central Securities (CET), Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD), and MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.
India Fund vs. Its Competitors
India Fund (NYSE:IFN) and Oxford Lane Capital (NASDAQ:OXLC) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and analyst recommendations.
India Fund pays an annual dividend of $2.29 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.3%. Oxford Lane Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 26.2%. Oxford Lane Capital pays out 130.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
India Fund has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oxford Lane Capital has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.
10.8% of India Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.7% of Oxford Lane Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 3.4% of Oxford Lane Capital shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Oxford Lane Capital has higher revenue and earnings than India Fund.
In the previous week, Oxford Lane Capital had 3 more articles in the media than India Fund. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Oxford Lane Capital and 1 mentions for India Fund. India Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat Oxford Lane Capital's score of 1.54 indicating that India Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Oxford Lane Capital beats India Fund on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:IFN) was last updated on 7/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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